Lake Havasu City

Lake Havasu House

We lucked out this time and got a 3 bedroom vacation rental instead of the standard furnished 1 bedroom apt.

Random CA pics

San Francisco from the Bay

Santa Cruz Boardwalk

bike ride view

Lake Chabot

Sonoma, CA

Monterey, CA

San Jose, CA-7/26/08 thru 10/24/08

Ok, I just decided to start this blog so I'm writing about San Jose after it's already happened. San Jose was nice. It started out a little rocky but ran smoothly for the rest of the assignment. I got there the night before my assignment started after having my purse stolen in Barstow. Mom made the drive over to CA for our 3rd cross country trip together. I did all of the driving, as usual. I had to live in a hotel for the first week while Reflectx found me an apartment. I started the assignment on such short notice that they didn't have time to lease and furnish a place before my arrival. They did put me up in an extended stay hotel with a mini kitchen, which was nice, but smelled like curry. Danielle drove out 2 weeks after I did. We took a few weekend trips to Sonoma, Monterey, and San Francisco. I got to show her all of the places I loved in San Francisco and I got to see Meg & Donkey several times. We went hiking and bike riding and enjoyed the sunshine and cool weather.


Golden Gate in the Fog

Me, Danielle and our "son" Alex

Our Apartment in San Jose

The Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival

Travel Therapy

This has been a long time in the making. I've wanted to do travel therapy since I was in grad school. Two and a half years ago, I left my job at an Elementary school and took a pay cut so I could get medical speech therapy training in a hospital. I got a year's worth of experience under my belt, made an attempt at hiking the Appalachian trail, and am finally ready to travel around the country! The plan is to do 13 week assignments in as many states as I can in 2 years. The company that I am working for finds the housing for me and equips it with furniture and housewares, so I only need to worry about my personal belongings. I've moved 9 times in the past 8 years and have lived in 6 different cities. Although I am a little nervous about "the unknown", this seems to be the perfect job for my restless soul.